Boles¿aw Prus and the Jews

von Agnieszka Friedrich

296 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Boles¿aw Prus and the Jews shows the complexity of the so-called "Jewish question" in nineteenth-century Congress Poland and especially its significance in Prus' social concept, reflected in his extensive body of journalistic work, fiction, and treatises. The book traces Prus' evolving worldview toward Jews, from his support of the Assimilation Program in his early years to his eventual support of Zionism. These contrasting ideas show us the complexity of the discourse on Jewish issues from the individual perspective of a significant writer of the time, as well as the dynamics of the Jewish modernization process in a "non-existent" partitioned Poland. The portrait of Prus that emerges is surprisingly ambivalent.

• Reihe: Jews of Poland
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Europäische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9781644695739
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.2021
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Academic Studies Press